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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Jung Yoon" <j.yoon66@qq.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 09:10:12 +0000
Subject: Patnership

Hello Friend,

I am Mr. Jung Yoon a staff of Private Banking Services at the Wing Hang Bank of Hong Kong, I am contacting you because my status would not permit me to do this alone, I would go straight to the proposal at hand without wasting much of your time. It is left for you to make up your mind if you would go along with me in accomplishing this or not. If you do wish, then please act as i have instructed. If not, please keep these details to your self and i promise to compensate you all the same as soon as the transaction is concluded, and you do stay in touch. I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this email confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this email. I contact you independently and no one is informed of this communication.

It is concerning our customer and an investment placed under our bank's management 5 years ago. In 2010, the subject matter; ref:bb/boc/bank/0010 came to our bank to engage in business discussions with our Private Banking Services Department. He (Prizi Adams) informed us that he had a financial portfolio of 15 million United States Dollars, which he wished to have us turn over (investment) on his behalf and i was his personal account officer.

MY PROPOSAL:
Our customer (Prizi Adams) has been reported dead to us four months ago in a motor accident with his wife and only daughter in France, There is $ 15,000,000.00(Fifteen Million US Dollars) deposited with this bank as i said earlier, i alone have the deposit details and they will not release the deposit to no one, unless i instruct them to do so, as far as Wing Hang Bank of Hong Kong is concerned, the transaction with our deceased customer concluded when I sent the funds to the firm, all outstanding interactions in relation to the file are just customer services and due process, since he nominated no next of kin on his claims file with this bank. They are simply awaiting instructions to release the deposit to any party that comes forward as his next of kin.

This is the situation. This bank has spent great amount of money trying to locates this man's family members, since has been found dead they have investigated for months and have found none of his relatives or family members. The investigation has come to an end.

My proposal: I am prepared to place you in a position to give instruction for the release of the deposit to you as the closest surviving relation.

Upon receipt of the deposit, I am prepared to share the money with you 60% for me and 40% for you. That is, i will simply nominate you as the next of kin with the help of a professional lawyer and have them release the deposit to you. We will share the proceeds 60/40 . I would have gone ahead to ask the funds to be released to me, but that would draw a straight line to me and my involvement in claiming the deposit.

As a banker here in Hong Kong, we see so much cash and funds being re-assigned daily. The alternative to this would be that when non of the deceased relatives comes forward or make a notice, the Bank would be instructed to revert the money to the state treasury account, and which the money will be used for oppression and drugs trafficking by a corrupt top official which is likely to happen, if you do not act.

Good fortune has blessed you with a name that has planted you into the center of relevance in my life. So let's share the blessings.

If you find yourself able to work with me, contact me again with your full intentions, and if you give me positive signals, I will initiate the process towards a conclusion of releasing this funds.

I await your response.


Mr. Jung Yoon.
Branch Manager.
Head Of Operation
Wing Hang Bank of Hong Kong

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